US Soldier Killed, 2 US Vehicles Targeted in Attacks, 19 Iraqis Injured in Two Car Bombs, Scores Arrested, April 1, 2009

US Soldier Killed, 2 US Vehicles Targeted in Attacks, 19 Iraqis Injured in Two Car Bombs, Scores Arrested

April 1, 2009

Yaqen.net reported the following news:

- A US convoy was attacked in Al-Dulou'iya, resulting in a damages to one of the US vehicles, on Wednesday.

- A US vehicles was damaged in an attack on a US patrol in Mosul, on Tuesday.

- Scores of Iraqis were arrested in various cities.

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Kirkuk blast final toll reaches 9

April 1, 2009 - 05:04:30

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq:

Casualties from the car bomb blast that ripped through Kirkuk city earlier today have reached nine, all civilians, according to an official security source.

“The final toll from the car bomb that went off in northern Kirkuk has reached nine wounded, all civilians,” a source from the Joint Coordination Center told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Damage was reported to four stores and three vehicles, which were close to the scene of the blast, the source added. The blast occurred at 04:00 p.m. in al-Shorja area near Mama Risha intersection, northern Kirkuk. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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U.S. serviceman dies from non-combat related injuries

April 1, 2009 - 03:24:10

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A U.S. soldier has died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Salah al-Din province, raising the number of U.S. troops killed in March to nine, the U.S. army said.

“A Multi-National Division - North Soldier died in a non-combat related incident in Salah ad Din province, March 31,” read a U.S. army statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense,” the statement added.

The death brings the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to 4,263.

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Car bomb injures 10 in Mosul

April 1, 2009 - 11:15:50

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Ten people were wounded in a car bomb explosion in central Mosul, a security source said on Wednesday. “A car crammed with explosives went off on Wednesday (April 1) targeting a police vehicle patrol in Qasr al-Mutran region in central Mosul, injuring ten people, including a policeman,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The explosion caused material damage to a number of nearby houses and stores,” he explained. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad.

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